Sunday, May 3, 2009

Me n' Deb spent the morning hangin' out on the back porch drinking coffee & yacking about all kinds of STUFF - like adding more rose bushes & flowers, the good old days at our beach house in Delaware, baseball & all of the kids that I coached, & the new tattoo that I've decided to get (gonna be awesome - I'll post pics when it's done). Eventually, the topic of Reckless Endeavor came up, so... I started where good stories start.... at the beginning... & rambled for an hour.

Deb liked the story, laughing a lot & saying 'no way' at all the right spots. She especially liked a new character that has a major role, though the name of said character may change. I still have a few more chapters to go (then re-writes & edits) but I thought I'd blog about it via pictures & drop a few hints along the way...

Jack Rackham is 16. If he hadn't taken that shortcut near Treasury Street, he never would have ended up in jail..... of course, the homeless girl never woulda been rescued either ....

Natuarally there are supernatural elements in this story, just like in Bad Latitude, & they're not limited to the prison surroundings either ....

.... Much of the story takes place here in St Augustine, like here at The Old Jail... a real place in The Ancient Haunted City .....

.... Pop's new boat.... Reckless Endeavor... is an 82 foot schooner with a few high tech surprises... a few million bucks very well spent... treasure hunters always need reliable transportation.... & it's big enough for Bad Latitude to hitch a ride...

Reckless doesn't lack any of the Rackham-preferred luxuries...it's not quite on par with the gated Rackham Estate, but it'll do....

..... and it has all the latest gadgets...

.... you need high tech gizmos to cross through the Bermuda Triangle.....

.... and being the descendants of this guy... Calico Jack Rackham.... there had to be a reunion....

.... 'cause Pop always flies the Rackham flag...

...... just like Old Calico Jack flew in the old days....including last summer in the middle of the night when chasing Jack through the Matanzas Bay...

Jack & Kai are on another mission... they'll have to keep their heads & their bearings.....

.... so they can get here.... & hopefully .... make it home.... in one piece.

Royal Palm Literary Award

About Me

I write books for Young Adults. BAD LATITUDE is the first Jack Rackham Adventure & RECKLESS ENDEAVOR A Jack Rackham Adventure is the 2nd in the series. Both are available in print & now ebook format. You should read 'em now, 'cause the 3rd Rackham Adventure is already well underway ... & I ain't sittin' around waitin' for ya.
And another thing - Keep an eye out for SPANKY AND THE SPECKLED BUTTERBEAN, it's in the edit stages these days. It's for littler kids! More secrets revealed soon 'bout that one. Maybe.

THE Jack Rackham

Introducing A New Character

MY MUSE (Mickey)

I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience. Mark Twain